Hedgehog: linking uracil to innate defense.
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The ability of the gut epithelium to defend against pathogens while tolerating harmless commensal organisms remains an important puzzle. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Lee et al. (2015) reveal how pathogen-secreted uracil acts at two steps to induce ROS via the Hedgehog pathway.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Cell host & microbe
دوره 17 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015